Dumbo Then and Now: Manhattan Bridge From Washington Street (1974)

We’ve done two similar versions (here and here) of this shot before, but a reader sent us his version of the view down Washington Street in Dumbo from 1974 vs today. The 1974 photo of course had no luxury loft buildings and was desolate (according to our artist friends who were here at the time). The streets were not maintained much, until the restoration of the Belgian blocks in June 2011.

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You do realize that there was color photography in 1974. The photo would have looked alot better and closer to reality if it was in color or at least shot with proper exposure. Wasn’t all that bad at the time. I moved from Brooklyn Heights to Ft. Greene that year. The Heights was just as snotty as it is now.

You do realize that there was color photography in 1974. The photo would have looked alot better and closer to reality if it was in color or at least shot with proper exposure. Wasn’t all that bad at the time. I moved from Brooklyn Heights to Ft. Greene that year. The Heights was just as snotty as it is now.

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